I wish to my to astronomy, however the only that's preventing me may be the math. Im not at math and that i dont it. i had been if there is anything else i possibly could do in astronomy? an assistant to some astronomer? Does know?
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3 responses to Is there any careers in astronomy other than just being an astronomer?
You'd need a PhD in astronomy to get a job as an astronomer, and if you wanted to go to grad school in astronomy, you should be majoring in physics. With a bachelors in astronomy, you could teach high school, maybe get a job at a museum, or maybe get a job as a research assistant. I know a few people who have jobs as research assistants, but they're hard to find because it's cheaper to hire a grad student to do the same work. Your best bet would be to get a job with NASA, a large lab, or an observatory. These jobs are few and far between, so you'd have to be wiling to move.
Astronomy is a subfield of physics, so yes, it's going to require a lot of math - at least calculus I and II, probably linear algebra and differential equations.
There are other things you can do with a degree like that, but they are all going to have a lot of math. My astronomy program required me to take calc 3, differential equations 1 & 2, and a few others.
An astronaut or a janitor working for astronomers
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